Phneri

Don't play Skirmish. Have a 70ish hour save that's running postgame 5-star missions. My current assault team:

Highlander running AC-20, LRM 20, SRM-6, and 2-3 MLs. LRMs to harass until I close and core out mechs with an alpha.

Stock King Crab: Close in. AC-20 until dead.

Stalker: Rebuilt into a LRM boat. That thing can carry a lot of missiles. A lot. A LOT.

Atlas: Comboed this guy for fire support with the stalker or close combat (AC-20 and some MLs) depending on how the fight goes.

I don't have much in the way of range and wind up taking some knockdowns. But when this lance gets in close it'll CT strike and kill 2-3 heavy/assaults in one turn.

Ok, Here's my argument for Anya's topless murder frenzy.

Anya is set up as BJ's rock. She's his reason to keep going. She's bearing his children. She's immediately set up as not only BJ's reason to keep fighting, but his weakness.

Then she goes on a mission with you and goes off on her own for long period of time and a cutscene starts with her pushing you out of danger.

EVERY video game I've ever played has taught me this is where Anya dies and she becomes the fuel for BJ's revenge rampage in act III. Which is a lazy approach to character relationships.

Not only does the game refute that, it does so in the most ludicrous, insane way imaginable. She murders and entire goddamn room of Nazis and grins down at you, topless, pregnant, and blood-soaked.

That utter defiance of the trope is why I love that moment.

@sea_anemone: No. No he does not.

@pkmnfrk:

@supermonkey122 said:

It's a pretty fun, average Kirby game.

Then you fight the final boss.

And....I dunno man. I need to go sit down for a while.

Didn't have a picture, but I will describe my ship setup to you so that you can understand I am a monster.

Engi ship. Drone recovery arm, Hull repair drone, anti-ship drone 1.

2 Ion blast 2s and a Fire beam.

I maxxed out everything and had a full crew by getting lucky and getting an ion and fire beam early. Once I had the second it was cake to disable all of a ship's systems then use the fire beam to burn out the entire crew. Once the enemy crew dies you win all ship battles, and get substantially more loot, as well as the occasional weapon and crew member.

On the last battle I had a cargo hold full of secondary weapons, but kept to my original double ion + fire beam combo. With 4 shields and a hull repair drone (by this point I had like 30 drone part sets) I could just tank damage forever while the enemy flagship burned.

That's..about it.